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STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW L. wms, or normal, MICHIGAN, nsszonon r0 ran wnrs mumorunmo comm,or nounon, women, a CORPORATION.

linen. 1,026,838. p tion 0! Letters Patent. Patented May 21, 1912.

Application ale-d September a, 1910. serial No. 581,288.

To all whom it may concern: end, as shown, to form symmetrical angularBe it known that I ANDREW L. Wms, a citizen of the United States,residin at Monroe, in the county of Monroe and tate of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Frames; and I do declarethe following to be a full,clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, refof glass,panels, or the like, and is particu- 4 larly well adapted for smallsliding glass doors arranged as closures for the compartments of abookcase or the like.

My invention is .designed to furnish aframe com-posed entirely ofsheet-metal and which may be assembled and secured in place without theuse of solder or rivets.

My invention is also intended to provide a handle which is secured inplace by the frame.

I attain these objects by means of the construction and arran ement ofparts here inafter described, an shown and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a front view of a plate of glass mounted in my frame; Fig. 2a perspective view of a portion of the same with a part of the frameremoved; Fig. 3 a perspective view of one of the channeled endpieces,hereinafter referred to, detached; Fig. 4 a perspective view of one endof a top or bottom channeled piece, hereinafter referred to, detached,and Fig. 5 a perspective view of the handle-plate and handle,

\ hereinafter referred to, detached.

ent is,

joints at the corners of part 1. a

At each corner of the plate 1, the mitered of one of the stripscoinciding with the bottom of the channel or groove therein is extendedto form an elongated tongue 4. This part is bent inwardly at aright-angle to embrace closely the corner of the part 1 and near its endis bent .outwardly'at a rightangle, as at 5. Through the bottom of thechannel of the piece which abuts against the piece having the tongue 5is a narrow transverse slot 6 which, when this piece is put in place,receives the tongue 5 which projects outwardly through the slot. Thetongue 5' being now bent closely down upon the edge of the piece throughwhich it projects, as at 7, the two meeting channeled metal piecesare'tightly locked together with their mitered edges in close contact.

The mar ins ofthe pieces 2-3 lie so close to the sur ace of the part 1that no finger hold is resented and it becomes necessary to provi emeans for takin hold of the device in order to move it. 0 this end 8 isa triangular piece of sheet metal, two edges of which converge at aright angle and which have backwardly turned flanges 9. To the outerside of the piece 8 is secured a handle 10. Before the metal frame issecured in place, the flanges 9 are slipped into contact with themeeting margins of the plate at one of its corners with the handleprojecting outwardly. Now. when the channeled frame pieces are securedin place, the outer flange or side of the frame members will embrace andfirmly hold in place the part 10 with its handle. Two handles may ofcourse be provided, if desired, but where the window or door is to bemoved to overlap a correspondin device, only a single handle will beprovided for each one at 1ts outer lower corner.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Pat- 1. In a a longitudinall channeled metal strip-mitered atits en the central transverse portion of the end of 'the'strip beingelongated device of the, described character,

-to form a tongue, a coire naag mitered.

channeled metal strip-end aving through the bottom of its channel anaperture through which said tongue extends, said tongue being bent intoparallel relation with mitered at their meeting ends, and means a forsecuring the meeting ends of said strips together consisting of a tongueformed by extendingthe bottom portion of the channel of one of themeetmg ends, said tongue passing through a transverse slot in the bet- 7tom portion of the channel ofthe other v meeting end, the projectingtongue being turned-to overlap the outer margin of the slotted member.

3. In a device of the described character,

a sheet of glass, a sheet metal plate having flanges which engage theconverging margins of one corner of the glass, a handle secured to saidlate and a frame consisting of metal strips aving channels which-receivethe margins of the glass and the flanges of said plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ANDREW LL-WEIS.

Witnesses:

ALBERT G. Ntms'r, F, R. Mom.

